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China has poor geography for both solar and wind. It would be better served ramping up it's Nuclear plans as well as turning to natural gas. Solar Density Map:
by onepointsixC 7y ago
China has poor geography for both solar and wind. It would be better served ramping up it's Nuclear plans as well as turning to natural gas.
Solar Density Map: https://globalsolaratlas.info/ https://globalsolaratlas.info/
Wind Density Map: https://globalwindatlas.info/ https://globalwindatlas.info/
- monocasa 7y agoThey are ramping up nuclear power as well.
- walrus01 7y agoYou don't need to have particularly optimal sunlight and weather for photovoltaic, when bulk PV panels are reaching $0.20/watt in cost.
- Rexxar 7y agoTibet seems perfect for solar
- onepointsixC 7y agoTibet is the one place where it would make sense but only 3 million live in Tibet. There is over a billion Chinese citizens who are roughly three thousand kilometers away.
- coliveira 7y agoIt is more important to control the technology of solar power than the locations. With the technology they can team up with countries that have great solar potential.
- woodandsteel 7y agoOne of the reasons China is pushing solar is it assumes solar is going to explode globally in the coming decades, and it wants to dominate the industry.